Method of constructing roofs



Feb. 12 1924. V

B. C. KRIDLER ET AL METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING ROOF S 'Filed Feb; 20, 1923 I NVENTOR Berni e C. 1177' idler- Jornea 0.130 yle ATTORNEYS BY f Patented Feb. 12, 192 4.

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BERNIE C. KRIDLER AND JAMES C. BOYLE, OF FLINT, MICHIGAN.

METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING ROOFS.

Application filed February 20, 1928. Serial No. 620,163.

v To all whom it my concern:

Be it known that we, BERNIE C. KRIDLER and JAMES C. Borne, citizens of the United States, and residents of Flint, county of Genesee, State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Methods of Constructing Roofs, of whichv the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among present invention has in view are: to prevent the lifting of the exposed ends of shingle sections;- to facilitate the construction of roots using as a coverin therefor shingle sheets formed from a p iable material having relativel narrow shingle end extensions; to avoid orming leak passages in the roof structure; and to reduce the time needed to construct a roof covering.

Drawings.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a fragment of a roof constructed. in accordance with the present method of forming the same; v I

Figure 2 is a top plan view on reduced scale of a section of roof constructed in accordance with the present method;

Figure 3 is a detail view showing a fragment of a shingle sheet employed in forming the roof.

Description.

Referring to the drawingsit will be seen a shingle sheet 8 has a number of shingle end extensions, said extensions being separated each from the adjoining extension in semblance of the usual wooden shin le. The shingles are laid as seen best in igures 1 and 2 upon furring strips 9 and an eaves board 10, said furrmg strips and eaves board bein secured structurally upon rafters. e shingle sheets 8 are held upon. the turning strips 9 and eaves board 10 by clips 13, the spring-like extensions 14 of which. pass below the said 'furring strips and eaves board to clamp the same and the shingle superposed there- The upper section of each clip, extending between the bends indicated by the numerals 20 and 21, is elongated, the length depending upon the deslre of the owner or desi er. An upright section 11 is rovided w ich may be overturned to enold two thiclmesses of shingles.

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To assist in installing the clip in service the spring section 14 is bent at 15 to form an outwardly flared end 16. The clips are sent on to the on shaped as shown at the lower left-ban end of Figure 1 of the drawings, the section 11 being disposed in perpendicular relation to the elongated body of the clip.

When provided with shingle strips 8 the method of forming the roof is as follows: Upon the rafters is first placed the eaves board 10, whichis nailed home. Upon the board 10 is placed a half shingle sheet 8, the upper edge whereof coincides with the upper edge of the eaves board 10. To hold the shingle strip 8 in position the clips 13 are slipped over the said shingle strip and the eaves board 10. A fur'rin strip, such as 9, is then laid on the s anting rafters to rest against the upper edge of the eaves board 10. A shingle sheet 8 is then mounted so that the upright section lllof each of the clips 13 engaging the eaves board 10 rests in each of the spaces '17 of the shingle sheets, which spaces form the shingle ends 18 of the said sheet. In this position it will be found that the upper edge of the shingle sheet 8 is unsupported. The mechanic now draws the furring strip 9- upward until the upper edge of the furring strip coincides with the upper edge of the shingle sheet 8, The upper edge of the shingle sheet 8 thus forms a guide to register with the furring strip 9 when properlydis osed. Through shingle sheet 8 an the, furring strip 9 there is now driven a roofing nail which.

secures the furring strip 9 upon the roof rafters.

A second course of clips is then placed in position to enfold the upper edge of the the y shingle sheet and the furring strip 9, the

upstanding ends 11 against which rest the extremities of the shingle ends 18, he overturns the ends 11 to the position shown in the drawings. The overturned ends 11 thus constitute a firm retainer for the shingle ends 18 to prevent them from being lifted by wind or from warping out of shape.v

When the roof is completed it will be found that each shin le end 18 is held by one of the overturnef extensions 11 of the clips 13 substantially as indicated" in Figure 2 of the drawings. v It Will be understood that while wehave herein described the securing of the furring strips 19 byusing the shingle strips as a gauge, the furring strips may be independently set and secured without the nail pass- .ing throu h the shingle sheet. The shingle rmly secured by the upper and sheet is lower clips 13 at all times.

We claim:

A methodof forming roofing structures when using shingles sheets having shingle ends spaced apart, consisting in mounting a series'of cllps having upright sections disposed in service at a lower level than the body of said clips;' then setting a shingle sheet having shingle ends spaced apart ,so that the said upright sections rest Within said spaces and in engagement with said shingle sheet at the upper ends of said spaces; then setting a furring strip on the rafters of the standing structure so that the upper edge of said strip coincides with the upper edge of said shingle sheet; then securing the furring strip on the roof rafters; then setting a second series of clips having upright extensions at the lower ends thereof, said second series of clipsbe- --ing disposed in staggered relation to the first series of clips and in position coinciding with the spaces between the shingle ends of a second shingle sheet; then settingsaid second shingle sheet so that the extremities of the shingle ends thereof rest in contact with the upright sections of the first series of clips and the inner ends of .the spaces holding the upright'sections of the second series of clips; and then overturning the upright sections of the first series of blips.

BERNIE C. KRIDLER. JAMES C. BOYLE. 

